Rod is a senior, global banking executive with 35 years’ experience leading a wide variety of business units. Career spanning eight countries with principal experience in turnarounds and growth strategies. Three years sabbatical from the end of 2009 to 2012 focused on high impact development work in Africa & India and advising medium size businesses in the US and Europe on strategic change. His current role is Principal, Aileron Project Ltd, London and Hong Kong.

Prior to that, Rod Served at Bank of Nova Scotia as President Asia- Pacific, Hong Kong, Chief Executive Officer Scotiabank Europe Plc, London, Vice president Scotia plaza Toronto, General Manager Scotiabank Trinidad and Tobago Ltd.

His sabbatical experience include among others, serving as mentor of entrepreneurs in Rwanda, Director of Bridges beyond boundaries organization and Chair of International Governance for Young Presidents Organization from 2009 to 2012.

He served on numerous public and private company and NGO boards. He is a current board member of Thanachart Thailand (5th largest bank with assets of $ 30 billion).

He was graduated from Harvard Business School, Executive Series in 2010, he holds an MBA from York University 1983, and he has a B.Sc. Civil Engineering from Queen’s University, 1979.

Marc is the Chairman of Bank of Kigali, the largest Bank in Rwanda with market share across all key balance sheet metrics exceeding 33%. Mr. Holtzman has served as a member of the Bank’s Board of Directors since 2009. Following a successful transformation and sale of Kazkommertsbank (LSE: KKB:LI), Kazakhstan’s largest bank in July 2017, Mr. Holtzman stepped down as Chief Executive Officer having joined as Chairman in March 2015.Previously, Mr. Holtzman was Chairman of Meridian Capital HK, a private equity firm with investments in natural resources, real estate, food, agriculture and transportation. Prior to joining Meridian, Mr. Holtzman served as Vice Chairman of Barclays Capital and as Vice Chairman of ABN Amro Bank. Previously, as co-founder and President of MeesPierson EurAmerica (a firm which was acquired by ABN Amro) and as Senior Adviser to Salomon Brothers, he lived and worked in Eastern Europe and Russia from September 1989 until October 1998. Mr. Holtzman also currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors TeleTech (NASDAQ: TTEC), the world’s leading provider of analytics-driven technology- enabled services and FAT Brands (NASDAQ: FAT) a global franchisor of leading restaurant brands.

From 2012 through 2015, Mr. Holtzman served on the Board of Directors of FTI Consulting, Inc., (NYSE:FCN) a global financial and strategic consulting firm, and Sistema, Russia’s largest listed private company (London Stock Exchange). To further assist with the development of Central Asia’s financial sector, Mr. Holtzman was appointed by Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister to serve on the Board of Directors of Kazyna - the nation’s sovereign wealth fund from 2006 – 2008. In addition, Mr. Holtzman served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the United States Space Foundation from 2004 – 2010.

From 2003 through 2005, Mr. Holtzman was President of the University of Denver where he was responsible for the development of the Rocky Mountain Center for Homeland Security. The University of Denver has approximately 10,000 students and includes the Daniels College of Business, which, during Mr. Holtzman’s tenure, was ranked by The Wall Street Journal as being among the world’s top fifty MBA programs. Previously, Mr. Holtzman served in the Cabinet of Governor Bill Owens as Colorado’s first Secretary of Technology. In addition, Mr. Holtzman was Chairman of Colorado’s Information Management Commission and Co-Chairman of the Governor’s Commission on Science and Technology. Mr. Holtzman helped guide Colorado’s economic transformation into a fully diversified technology hub. During his tenure, Colorado was consistently ranked first among the fifty states in having the highest percentage of technology workers per thousand in the nation.

Diane is the Chief Executive Officer. She is a Seasoned Economist who has held several leadership positions in the past. Prior to joining Bank of Kigali. Diane was the Head of Strategy and Policy and Chief Economist at the office of the President.

Diane also served at the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda where she oversaw the design and implementation of major surveys. Before she moved back to Rwanda, Diane worked as a Fixed Income Portfolio Engineer at Credit Suisse in Zurich and taught statistics at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. She studied Economics majoring in Econometrics and holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Fribourg. Her research areas mainly concentrated on Risk Modeling and Measurement. Her doctoral thesis entitled "Dependency in credit portfolios: Modeling with Copula Functions" was published in 2009.

Diane currently serves as non-executive director on several boards including the University of Rwanda and Rwanda Development Board.

Mr. Regis Rugemanshuro serves as the Director General for Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB). Prior his appointment, Mr. RugemanshUro was the Chief Digital Officer of Bank of Kigali PLC where he oversaw and led the Digital Transformation of Bank of Kigali Plc; a position he took after serving as the first Chief Executive Officer of BK TecHouse, the Tech subsidiary of Bank of Kigali Group Plc, where his work and the company’s achievements in the two years he spent there earned him the 2018 All Africa Business Leaders Award (AABLA) as Finalist for East Africa Innovator of the Year. Under his leadership, BK TecHouse was voted and awarded the 2017 Best Technology Company in Rwanda by the Smart Service Awards. Prior to joining BK Group Plc, Mr. Rugemanshuro spent his career in the United States consulting for the global Tech giants such as Hewlett Packard (HP) as a Program Manager and later with Accenture PLC in Seattle, Washington. During his time there, his main clients included Microsoft and T-Mobile.

His area of focus is at the intersection of Business and Technology; his expertise is in transforming large organizations to realize the promise of the digital revolution via adoption of business best practices and standards fit for the digital era, together with modern engineering platforms. He is known for his high energy, being a servant leader, and contagious passion to solving complex problems.

Mr. Rugemanshuro serves as Director on many boards, both in the public and private sectors. He is a Certified Project Management Profes- sional (PMP) by the Global Project Management Institute (PMI) as well as a Certified SAFE Program Consultant (SPC4) by the Global Scaled Agile Academy; and he has a Bachelor’s degree in Science Information Technologies, and an MBA in Management both from Misericordia University in Pennsylvania.

Reuben is the Deputy Accountant General in charge of Treasury Management in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda. He is a Qualified Accountant with a background in Economics. He has vast experience in the area of taxation especially the International Aspect of Taxation, gained both from formal training and 11 years of working with Rwanda Revenue Authority, where he occupied various positions in the Customs Services Department, the Commissioner General’s Office and finally serving as the Chief Finance Officer.

Reuben is a full member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants. He holds a Master’s Degree in International Taxation from The University of Sydney - Australia, a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Makerere University - Uganda and a Diploma in Trade Policy from The University of Nairobi.

Alline Kabbatende is a tech enthusiast with a background in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. She is currently the Representative from the Government of Rwanda at WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution where she spearheads the development of agile technology policy frameworks for Rwanda, and drive efforts to foster partnerships and multi-stakeholder collaboration with private companies.

Prior to that, she was the Chief Operating Officer at RwandaOnline Platform Ltd, a technology solutions provider in a PPP with the Government of Rwanda to transform government service delivery to all Rwandans, where she built relationships with Public and Private Stakeholders; and led the Product Development and Go-to-Market teams to deliver and deploy digitized government services. Her previous work experience has been in the technology field: at Rwanda Development Board (ICT Department), Samsung Electronics (HQ, South Korea), General Electric Transportation (USA) and as a regular columnist for the NewTimes (Rwanda).

She is currently the Chair of the IT Committee of the Board of Directors of Bank of Kigali Plc. since November 2018.

She is also a Board Member of Rwanda Broadcasting Agency (Rwanda’s Public Broadcaster) | kLab Rwanda (Rwanda’s first tech hub), the Vice-Chair of the Board of Gasabo 3D (Specialised in 3D CAD; SolidWorks Regional Partner), a Global Shaper, World Economic Forum, Kigali Hub, a Mentorship Coordinator, GirlsInICT Rwanda Chapter | under International Telecom Union (ITU) and a Speaker/Panelist: Stanford Africa Business Forum (Palo Alto, 2016), ITU Telecom World (Budapest, 2015), TransformAfrica.

Risper is an Accredited Certified Coach, Non-Executive Director and Finance professional. She currently serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), Bank of Kigali, PS Kenya and Kenya Climate Ventures (KCV). She is an adjunct faculty and Associate Executive Leadership Coach at CDI Africa Coaching Group.

Until 2018, Risper served as the Managing Director of Centum Business Solutions Limited (CBS); a uniquely structured integrated shared services subsidiary of Centum Investment PLC. Prior to this position, she served Centum Investment PLC as Group Finance & Operations Director.

Risper holds a MBA from USIU Africa and a Bachelor of Business Management degree from Moi University. She is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), a member of the Institute of Certified Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK), a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF) and the Fellow of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu African Leadership Institute.

He is currently the CEO and Founder of Somesha Tech Solutions Ltd and he is a Member and Chairman of Nairobi Securities Exchange Derivatives Market Risk Management Committee.

Prior to this, Juma worked with Barclays Bank of Kenya Ltd – Nairobi in different capacities including the position of Chief Risk Officer as well as a Senior Official in other different financial institutions. He is professional with 24 years of vast experience in the financial services sector and has a variety of Board Membership experience.

Juma holds a MBA from USIU Africa and a Bachelor of Commerce from Kenyatta University. He also did an Advanced Management Programme (AMP) from IESE Business School – Spain and Strathmore Business School – Kenya and he is an Associate of the London Institute of Banking and Finance (LIBF).

Lilian is the Chief Strategy Officer at Aviation Travel & Logistics Holding (ATL). ATL is comprised of five subsidiaries namely: RwandAir, Rwanda Links & Logistics Ltd, Rwanda Airports Company, Akagera Aviation Academy and Rwanda Tours & Events. She previously served in various positions in RwandAir which include: Director Global Sales Operations, Director Customer Experience and Head Corporate Planning & Strategy.

Prior to joining the Aviation Industry, Lilian served as a Lecturer and a Head of the Department of Finance at the School of Finance & Banking-SFB. She also worked with Rwanda Capital Market Advisory Council (CMAC) and Rwanda Institute of Administration and Management-RIAM. Lilian served as a Board of Director at the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) for 9years where she served as the Chairperson of the Audit and Risk Committee and a member of the Human Resources Committee of the Board.

As a consultant, Lilian served as Local Economist in the contract with the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), to conduct a Feasibility Study for the Communication Infrastructure Backbone Project. In this contract, the consultant was responsible for conducting a market analysis and traffic study, business and financial modeling, technical designs and project implementation strategy, evaluation of the regulatory framework, conducting the impact assessment, environmental analysis, and preparation of procurement documents.

She holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration/Strategic Management Practices and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa as well as Bachelors’ degree in Business Administration/Finance from Kigali Institute of Science, Technology, and Management-KIST.

Eugene Ubalijoro is a Rwandan national with a 30-year professional experience in the beverage industry which started in Rwanda. During that time, he worked for Heineken International in various commercial and general management capacities in Africa, Europe and the Americas.

In August 2020, Eugene joined Molson Coors Beverage Company, a leading North American brewer based in Chicago and will become a member of its USA Leadership Team on March 1, 2021 as Central Region Vice President.

Eugene earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at Georgetown University in Washington DC and an MBA at the University of Sherbrooke in Canada.

He is married and has 3 children.